, 2012 10:31:36 AM
Subject: Re: [tips] Goodbye g -- We Hardly Knew Ya
Hi
My last brief comment:
1. No matter how odd an area of research might sound, one must be cautious in
drawing simplistic conclusions about its theoretical or empirical utility.
Otherwise, we are likely to hear more
On Dec 19, 2012, at 10:34 PM, Jim Clark wrote:
Sorry to hear about Phil Rushton having died. Despite his more notorious
ideas and his appearing on Geraldo...
I've been catching up on TIPS posts today. Jim mentioned Rushton's appearance
on Geraldo, which occurred on February 16th, 1989,
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:52:55 -0800, Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. wrote:
On Dec 19, 2012, at 10:34 PM, Jim Clark wrote:
Sorry to hear about Phil Rushton having died. Despite his more notorious
ideas and his appearing on Geraldo...
I've been catching up on TIPS posts today. Jim mentioned Rushton's
On Dec 21, 2012, at 1:53 PM, Mike Palij wrote:
Did your advisor and Rushton compare the size of their penes?
I doubt they had such an intimate Hemingway-Fitzgerald moment. And I know
that associations between penis length and the length of other possible
correlates (e.g., shoe size; Shah
On Dec 21, 2012, at 3:57 PM, Mike Palij wrote:
*rolls eyes* Quoting from the Wikipedia entry on the Pioneer Fund:
|he Pioneer Fund is an American non-profit foundation established in 1937
|to advance the scientific study of heredity and human differences. Until
his
|death on 2 October
Now that's odd. In the early 2000s I received unsolicited in the mail
a copy of Rushton's paperback Race, Evolution, and Behavior: A
Life History Perspective (2nd Special Abridged Edition). I just checked
the index and there is no mention of altruism. In contrast, there are 14
entries for
Hi
My last brief comment:
1. No matter how odd an area of research might sound, one must be cautious in
drawing simplistic conclusions about its theoretical or empirical utility.
Otherwise, we are likely to hear more politicians making fun of science grants.
Penis size, for example, is of
On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:31:51 -0800, Jim Clark wrote:
Hi
My last brief comment:
Well, okay.
1. No matter how odd an area of research might sound, one must be cautious
in
drawing simplistic conclusions about its theoretical or empirical utility.
Agreed. Then again, when researchers use
A research article in the journal Neuron argues that it is incorrect to
think of intelligence as being a represented by a single underlying factor,
usually referred to as g. Instead, it is asserted that g is an artifact
of
interacting distinct brain areas engaged in different types of
Hi
I know the following will be viewed dubiously (by Mike P at least), coming from
a Canadian and one with University of Western Ontario (aka Western University
Canada, another story) connections, but here goes anyway.
The short summary states: No one component, or IQ, explained everything.
Actually, Rushton passed away fairly recently..Scott
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On Dec 19, 2012, at 4:20 PM, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote:
Hi
I know the following will be viewed dubiously (by Mike P at least), coming
from a Canadian and one with University of Western Ontario (aka Western
)
Subject: Re: [tips] Goodbye g -- We Hardly Knew Ya
Hi
I know the following will be viewed dubiously (by Mike P at least), coming from
a Canadian and one with University of Western Ontario (aka Western University
Canada, another story) connections, but here goes anyway.
The short summary
Hi
Not much prediction necessary when Mike P writes:
(2) the researchers are Canadians, eh, which should worry everyone. ;-)
As for Authoritarianism, perhaps it is hierarchical in nature with some general
component running throughout Auth measures, and specific facets measured by
subscales.
On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:26:32 -0800, Jim Clark wrote:
Hi
Not much prediction necessary when Mike P writes:
(2) the researchers are Canadians, eh, which should worry everyone. ;-)
Oh okay, I'll stop giving you guys a hard time.
As for Authoritarianism, perhaps it is hierarchical in nature with
Hi
Sorry to hear about Phil Rushton having died. Despite his more notorious ideas
and his appearing on Geraldo, he probably deserves to be remembered for more.
Here's one summary of his research on Altruism, for example.
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